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The Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray - Part I · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: Mara Murray born on May fourth, nineteen eighty two is
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  an American woman who vanished on the night of February ninth,
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  two thousand and four, following a car accident en Route
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  one point one two near Woodsville, New Hampshire, a locality
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  within the town of Haverhill. Her current location remains a
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  mystery at the time of her disappearance, Murray was a
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  twenty one year old nursing student in her junior year
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  at the University of Massachusetts Amherst prior to disappearance. In
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  November two thousand and three, just three months prior to
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  her disappearance, Murray confessed to utilizing a stolen credit card
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  to place food orders at various restaurants, including one located
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  in Hadley, Massachusetts. This charge was carried over into December,
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  but was ultimately dismissed after three months of good behavior.
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  On the evening of February fifth, two thousand and four,
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  while performing her duties at her campus security job, Murray
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  had a phone conversation with her older sister, Kathleen, during
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  which they discussed Kathleen's difficulties in her relationship with her fiancee.
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  Around ten thirty p m. While still on duty, Murray
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  was reported to have broken down in tears. When her
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  supervisor arrived at her desk, she appeared to be completely
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  zoned out and unresponsive. The supervisor subsequently escorted Murray back
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  to her dormitory at approximately one twenty a m. When
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  questioned about her distress, Murray simply stated, my sister. The
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  details of this conversation remained undisclosed until October twenty seventeen,
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  when Kathleen publicly revealed that she had been discharged from
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  a rehabilitation facility that evening, and on her way home,
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  her fiancee had taken her to a liquor store, which
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  led to her relapse. On Saturday, February seventh, Fred the
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  father of Murray, arrived in Amherst. He informed investigators that
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  he and Murray spent the afternoon shopping for a car,
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  followed by dinner with a friend of his daughter. After
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  dropping her father off at his motel, Murray borrowed his
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  Toyota Corolla and returned to campus to participate in a
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  dormitory party, arriving at ten thirty pm. She departed the
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  party at two thirty a m. On Sunday, February eighth,
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  at three thirty a m. While heading back to her
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  father's motel, she collided with a guard rail on Route
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  nine in Hadley, resulting in damages to her father's vehicle
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  amounting to nearly ten thousand dollars, which is equivalent to
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  sixteen thousand, one hundred dollars in twenty twenty three. The
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  responding officer documented the incident in an accident report. However,
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  there is no record of any field sobriety tests being administered.
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  Murray was subsequently taken to her father's motel, where she
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  remained in his room for the remainder of the morning.
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  At four forty nine a m. A call was made
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  from Fred's phone to her boyfriend, but the details and
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  participants of the conversation are unknown. Later that Sunday morning,
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  Fred discovered that his auto insurance would cover the damages
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  to his vehicle. He rented a car, dropped Murray off
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  at the university, and then left for Connecticut. At eleven
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  thirty that evening, Fred called his daughter to remind her
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  to collect the accident forms from the Massachusetts Registry of
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  Motor Vehicles. They agreed to have another conversation on Monday
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  night to discuss the forms and complete the insurance claim
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  over the phone preparations and departure. After midnight on Monday,
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  February ninth, Murray utilized her personal computer to access map
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  quest for directions to the Berkshers and Burlington, Vermont. The
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  first documented interaction she had on that day occurred at
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  one pm, when she sent an e mail to her
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  boyfriend's stating I love you more stud I received your messages,
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  but to be honest, I wasn't in the mood to
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  converse with any one. I assure you I will call today,
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  Love you Mora. Additionally, she made a phone call to
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  inquire about the availability of a condominium at the Bartlet
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  New Hampshire Condo Association, where her family had previously Vacationed
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  telephone records show that this call lasted three minutes, but
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  the owner did not agree to rent the condo to her.
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  At one thirteen p m. Murray contacted a fellow nursing
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  student for reasons that remain unclear. Later that afternoon, at
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  one twenty four p m. Murray sent an e mail
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  to a supervisor at her nursing school informing them that
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  she would be out of town for a week due
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  to a family death. However, her family later stated that
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  there had been no such occurrence. She also mentioned that
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  she would reach out to them upon her return. At
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  two five PM, she called a number that provides recorded
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  information regarding hotel bookings in Stove, Vermont, with the call
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  lasting approximately five minutes. At two eighteen PM, she reached
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  out to her boyfriend, leaving a voice message in which
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  she assured him they would speak later. This call concluded
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  after one minute. Murray loaded her vehicle with clothing, personal
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  care items, academic textbooks, and contraceptive pills. Subsequently, when campus
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  police conducted a search of her room, they found the
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  majority of her possessions organized in boxes, along with artwork
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  that had been taken down from the walls. It remains
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  uncertain whether Murray had packed these items on that particular day. However,
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  law enforcement indicated at the